COMMENTARY: In higher education, low tolerance for free speech

4:06 PM,
Jun. 3, 2014

Written by

Charles C. Haynes
Gannett

Daniel Harper, a student at Cameron University in Oklahoma, is the latest victim of the censorship pandemic currently infecting America's colleges and universities.

Earlier this semester, Harper handed out fliers expressing his religious objections to the World Mission Society, a religious group active on Cameron's campus. Harper, an evangelical Christian, believes the group is a dangerous cult.

After receiving a complaint, administrators prohibited Harper from distributing any more fliers citing the university's Expressive Activity Policy and Equal Opportunity Policy, ...